Tokyo is considering fines and even prison terms for coronavirus-infected individuals who refuse to be hospitalized and cooperate with the authorities. The move comes as the country faces a major spike in Covid-19 cases. Read Full Artic...

With a campaign to “dehumanize” journalists, Latvia is sending a signal that freedom of speech and human rights do not belong to those who work with Russian media, Alla Berezovskaya, a prosecuted journalist, told RT. Read Full Artic...

With just days left in office, US President Donald Trump, has taken another swipe at Beijing, ordering government agencies to look for ways to minimize procurement of Chinese goods and services. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US Secret Service has created a militarized zone around the nation’s capital in the lead-up to Inauguration Day, prompting comparisons to fortifications set up in Baghdad after the US invasion of Iraq. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The identity of the initial case of Covid-19, the so-called ‘patient zero,’ might remain a mystery forever, the WHO said, as it called on nations to step up cooperation and information sharing in an effort to beat the disease. Read ...

The CEO of free-speech app Parler has reportedly fled his home due to death threats amid what his lawyers call a “vilification” effort by Amazon. The tech giant accused the platform of allowing violent content before dropping it. Re...

US Health Secretary Alex Azar slammed CNN after it rushed to report that he “resigned, citing Capitol violence.” He said he would stay till the inauguration and that his farewell letter was part of standard procedure. Read Full Arti...

Washington has imposed a new round of sanctions on Cuba’s Interior Ministry, also blacklisting the agency’s head over his alleged role in “human rights abuses.” Havana condemned the move as “coercive” and “illegitimate.”...

The social media platform Minds had to remove ‘major functionality’ from its Android app after getting a chilling warning from Google. Its co-founder said plans for a censorship-resistant infrastructure are in the works. Read Full A...

WhatsApp said it will push back a planned policy update to give users time to review its terms amid fears the Facebook-owned platform will share private data with its parent company, helping to drive a mass migration from the app. Read ...

Citing the ‘toxic political environment’ in New York, the National Rifle Association announced it will initiate bankruptcy proceedings, to cheers from Democrats. The NRA wants to move to Texas and continue operating from there. Read...

Europeans must carry certificates proving they’ve been vaccinated against Covid-19 to travel, EC president Ursula von der Leyen told Portuguese media - likely shocking Europeans who’d never heard of such a rule. Read Full Article at...

Conor McGregor's sparring partner in Dubai, Irish pro boxer Dylan Moran, has vowed to rip YouTuber Jake Paul's head off and insists he's "pissed off the wrong Irishman" when the "spoiled brat" mocked him online. Read Full Article at RT....

An opinion piece published by Mediaite quickly gained attention across social media not for the commentary presented, but rather for the unusual description of “openly black” to describe CNN anchor Don Lemon. Read Full Article at RT...

President Donald Trump’s policy in the Middle East delivered “clear results” and Joe Biden shouldn’t change it, the US ex-envoy to the anti-terrorist coalition operating in Syria and Iraq argued in the pages of Foreign Affairs. ...

The US is blacklisting six Hong Kong officials, including police chiefs, who it blames for a Beijing-led crackdown on demonstrators under the national security law, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday. Read Full Article at ...

Conservative blog American Thinker has issued an apology in response to Dominion Voting Systems’ lawyers accusing them and others of defamation for pushing claims their technology helped rig the presidential election. Read Full Articl...

Rival bosses Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Jurgen Klopp are both avoiding talk of title race ramifications as they prepare their respective sides for a titanic Premier League clash at Anfield on Sunday. Read Full Article at RT.com

The owners of Atilis Gym in Bellmawr, New Jersey had their bank account unexpectedly drained even while pursuing their legal appeals against a growing stack of fines levied by the state for alleged violation of Covid-19 rules. Read Full...

The UK will shut all of its remaining international travel corridors from 4am GMT on Monday until at least February 15, in a bid to shield the country from new coronavirus variants, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday. Read Full...

Deadlift world record holder and ex-World's Strongest Man Hafthor Bjornsson faces arguably the hardest test of his incredible career on Saturday, stepping into the boxing ring to take on seasoned professional Steven Ward in Dubai. Read ...

The iconic National Mall in Washington, DC will be closed to the public for a week for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, the National Park Service (NPS) said, amid security concerns in the wake of the Capitol attack. Read Full A...

The German doctor at the center of a ring that helped athletes to make blood transfusions in a bid to enhance their performance at competitions has been jailed for four years and eight months by a Munich court. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Encrypted messaging service Signal appears to be offline for some users, blaming ‘technical difficulties’ and promising restored service. Millions of new users recently flocked to the app, promoted by Elon Musk and Edward Snowden. R...

The German memorial at former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald had to issue a bizarre warning, telling people to respect the dead, as some apparently went for sled rides over the mass graves. Read Full Article at RT.com

Web operators in Hong Kong have been warned they face being blocked by the region’s domain registrar under a new policy banning “inappropriate content,” including any deemed illegal or “disruptive to the operation of government....

Ukrainian tennis star Dayana Yastremska has caused controversy after being filmed dancing on board a chartered flight to Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open - despite being provisionally suspended for a doping offense. Read Full Arti...

The rumor mill around Russian champion Khabib Nurmagomedov's future has gone into overdrive after UFC boss Dana White posted a clip of the pair ushering each other into a meeting room before sitting at opposite sides of a table. Read Fu...

Joe Biden’s transition team has picked David Cohen, the former deputy director of the CIA, to reprise his role and help smooth things out for his future boss, career diplomat and intelligence outsider William Burns.  Read Full Articl...

Six EU governments have written to the bloc’s executive to call for action as deliveries of Covid-19 vaccines made by Pfizer/BioNTech are being delayed, while supply issues have also been reported in Canada. Read Full Article at RT.co...

The US Department of Justice has said it is “initiating a review” of its own procedures and possible failings following the storming of the US Capitol last week by Trump supporters, which resulted in five deaths. Read Full Article a...

Uganda’s main challenger to the presidency, Bobi Wine, has claimed that the country’s military has besieged his home, as votes are still being counted from Thursday's poll in an election already marred by controversy. Read Full Arti...

Protestant evangelist Franklin Graham has taken a harsh stance against the 10 Republicans who voted in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump, comparing the “betrayal” to that of Judas turning on Jesus Christ. Read Full Article ...

Underperforming Premier League giants Arsenal shocked viewers by playing Kurt Angle's anthem, 'You Suck', midway through a dismal match at their London home - and the wrestling icon said he wished a stadium of fans had sung it. Read Ful...

US tech and health behemoths have joined forces to roll out yet another Covid-19 vaccination passport, dangling a return to international travel but raising more questions about the future of privacy. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

With Moscow continuing to roll out its mass Covid-19 vaccination program, Russia may be opening the world's most beautiful inoculation center. From next week, city residents will be able to be immunized right on Red Square. Read Full Ar...

President Erdogan said he hopes the Biden administration will move to resolve tensions between Ankara and Washington over the purchase of a Russian missile system. The US halted delivery of F-35s to Turkey in response to the deal. Read ...

Chinese swimming star Sun Yang's eight-year doping ban has been wiped out - for now - after one of the judges involved in his case was found to have tweeted anti-Chinese sentiments since taking on the case. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Emails related to the vaccine evaluation process were leaked following a December hacking attack on the EMA, the European drug regulator, the agency said, adding that data was “manipulated” to undermine trust in the vaccines. Read F...

Just days after President Vladimir Putin ordered the start of a mass immunization campaign, a new poll found that while many Russians are eager to get the coronavirus shot, almost half still have reservations about inoculation. Read Ful...

The lawyer for Jacob Chansley, dubbed the ‘QAnon Shaman’, has claimed his client entered the US Capitol at President Donald Trump’s “invitation” and a pardon would be “honorable.” Read Full Article at RT.com

Established Indian news anchor Nidhi Razdan has filed a police complaint claiming she was duped into quitting her job for an offer to join Harvard University as an Associate Professor of Journalism that turned out to be a scam. Read Ful...

The UK Supreme Court has ruled in favour of hundreds of thousands of firms who filed for insurance payouts to cover losses they incurred during the first Covid-19 national lockdown. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian killers-for-hire are increasingly being paid with cryptocurrency, believing that the relative anonymity granted by digital money and electronic wallets means that they can more easily get away with their crimes. Read Full Articl...

Aussie tennis ace Bernard Tomic has angrily claimed he “risked his life” and does not need the money after reaching the Australian Open - earning emotional congratulations from ‘Love Island’ star and OnlyFans model Vanessa Sierr...

The chairman of a Chinese vaccine producer has said that its jabs provide protection against Covid-19 for at least six months, but the firm will continue to monitor trial participants to see how much longer immunity lasts. Read Full Art...

Drug manufacturer Pfizer will temporarily cut deliveries of its Covid-19 vaccine to Europe so it can upgrade production capacity from 1.3 billion doses a year to 2 billion, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) has said. Read F...

The Dutch government led by Prime Minister Mark Rutte collectively resigned on Friday, following a report that blamed the cabinet for the mismanagement of childcare subsidies. Read Full Article at RT.com

A building that used to host people seeking asylum in Germany is being converted into a “corona jail,” a detention facility for people who repeatedly violate quarantine, the German tabloid Bild reported. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Two-time major winner Angel Cabrera has been arrested in connection with assault charges leveled against him back home in Argentina, according to reports from Reuters. Read Full Article at RT.com

With parliamentary elections set for this autumn, Russian parties are starting to select their candidates. Astonishingly, a man best described as Moscow’s answer to Alex Jones is tipped to join the fray as a liberal contender. Read Fu...

Tourist traffic to Thailand has plummeted during the Covid-19 pandemic. Now the kingdom is introducing a visitor tax to help pay Covid-19 costs and is being urged to legalize gambling to stop its spread in underground Read Full Article ...

Marathon race the Dakar rally has witnessed yet more danger and drama after a truck driven by Anton Shibalov, of the victorious Russian Kamaz-Master team, hit an organizers' helicopter in mid-air during a jump on the final day. Read Ful...

The French government has announced that it will begin refusing entry to non-EU travellers who use quick, readily available Covid-19 tests, which deliver results in minutes, before traveling to the country. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

More than half of participants in a recent poll think President Donald Trump should be charged with inciting a riot after a group of his supporters stormed the US Capitol last week. Read Full Article at RT.com

While dozens of vaccines against Covid-19 are under development across the world, according to the speaker of Russia’s parliament, Western nations are increasingly putting up barriers against effective formulas from overseas. Read Ful...

Friday's official weigh-ins for the first UFC event of 2021 were particularly poignant for one fighter, as Argentina's Santiago Ponzinibbio made weight before paying tribute to recently-departed football legend Diego Maradona. Read Full...

Russian sambo specialist and former protege of the late Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, Eldar Eldarov, is all set to take center stage as Brave Combat Federation holds its first big MMA event in Russia. Read Full Article at RT.com

A leading virologist has warned that a mutant strain of Covid-19 from Brazil has been detected in the UK amid fears the virus’ mutations could have an impact on the effectiveness of vaccines. Read Full Article at RT.com

Returning UFC provocateur Conor McGregor has been mocked by fans after spending a reported $2 million on a watch that opens up to show two people having sex, bought as one of two timepieces alongside a new Bentley car and a suit. Read F...

The UK government has denied a report saying that it is planning to curtail workers’ rights in order to appease Tory MPs and save administrative costs after Brexit. Read Full Article at RT.com

The French Health Minister has given a further damning assessment of the nation’s inoculation program against Covid-19, noting that, at best, only four million people will be offered a vaccine before the end of February. Read Full Art...

The Dakar Rally is mourning the loss of French rider Pierre Cherpin, who tragically passed away after a horror crash during the seventh stage of the endurance race in Saudi Arabia. Read Full Article at RT.com

Always wanted to own a terrifying statue? Now you can! A monument designed for the western Russian town of Novovoronezh has been put up for sale after locals demanded ‘Alyonka’ be taken down. It stood for just three days. Read Full ...

Some 150,000 records stored in UK police databases have been deleted due to a computer bug in an embarrassing development for the nation that supposedly took back control after finally parting ways with the EU. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Notoriously lawsuit-happy California man Erik Estavillo is back to sue again – and this time it’s Twitter for banning President Donald Trump and spreading “communist philosophies.” Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia is making preparations for the country's withdrawal from the 'Open Skies' Treaty, a key trust-building agreement of the late Cold War. It comes after the US unilaterally left the arrangement last November. Read Full Article at RT...

The price of bitcoin has bounced back from the lows seen at the beginning of the week, when the world’s top cryptocurrency plunged around 20 percent amid massive outflows from the crypto market. Read Full Article at RT.com

Amid the wide blackouts of social media accounts in the wake of the Capitol Hill riots, some people have been caught in the crossfire, including former US Congressman Ron Paul. Read Full Article at RT.com

Tehran has kicked off its latest war game deep in the Iranian desert, showcasing the country’s surface-to-air missiles and cutting-edge drone technology. Read Full Article at RT.com

UFC president Dana White has said he expects a "yes or no" on Khabib Nurmagomedov's future when the pair meet in a reported showdown on Friday, while the lightweight champion has produced an animation making light of negotiations. Read ...

An anti-disinformation campaign by the National Health Service is warning that language and cultural barriers are allowing fake news to cause black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) individuals to reject the Covid-19 vaccine. Read Full ...

Russia and Ukraine should come to an agreement on Crimea and Donbass, and Kiev is ready to compromise. That's according to Leonid Kravchuk, the first Ukrainian president, who thinks the two nations need to resolve their issues. Read Ful...

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said the country could lift Covid-19 restrictions by summer once the Chinese-made vaccine is cleared for use. Hungarian officials have complained that the EU vaccine rollout is too slow. Read ...

American elites don’t understand that Russian ‘liberals’ are more similar to Republicans than Democrats. What’s more, Joe Biden, and other US centre-leftists, are politically closer to Vladimir Putin than the Moscow opposition. ...

The UK transport minister has said there is confidence within the scientific community that existing vaccines will be effective against the new variant of Covid found in Brazil, after Britain banned all travel from the continent. Read F...

The prosecution of journalists, who worked with Russian news outlets in Latvia is nothing but outright “repression” aimed at gagging alternative news sources, particularly those linked to Moscow, one of them told RT. Read Full Artic...

OPEC’s major output cut may be a lifeline for US shale, which is struggling under the weight of the new pandemic world order. Read Full Article at RT.com

A tandem bus in New York was left hanging from the edge of an overpass in the Bronx. Images from the scene show the articulated vehicle split along the joint and balancing on its front end, which rammed into the roadway below. Read Full...

At least 13 people have died in Norway due to side effects of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, the national medicines regulator has revealed. All were frail and elderly people who had unusually strong reactions to the jabs. Read Fu...

The outgoing Trump administration is using its final days to further escalate tensions with Beijing as it blacklists more Chinese firms, including one of the biggest global smartphone makers, Xiaomi, and oil giant CNOOC. Read Full Artic...

Mexico said it will not prosecute former Defense Minister Salvador Cienfuegos, whose arrest by the US on drug trafficking charges led to diplomatic tensions between the countries. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian gold and foreign currency holdings have increased to a total of $597.4 billion as of January 8, according to the latest data released by the country’s central bank. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Pentagon said it will reinforce its zero-tolerance policy towards white supremacists and violent extremists after a crowd of Donald Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol last week. Read Full Article at RT.com

Scores of military hardware, including what is said to be a new version of North Korea’s submarine-launched ballistic missile, touted as the world’s most potent, were shown off in a grandiose military parade in Pyongyang. Read Full ...

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has rocked Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island, killing over two dozen people and injuring hundreds, while scores of houses and a major medical facility were reduced to rubble. Read Full Article at RT.com

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has pledged to spearhead a global campaign against internet censorship, insisting platforms cannot act as a “Spanish Inquisition” or stifle free speech using safety as a “pretext.” R...

Twitter chief Jack Dorsey has suggested plans for a far-reaching crackdown on his social media site in footage reportedly leaked by a company insider, implying the purge campaign would extend well beyond Joe Biden’s inauguration. Read...

New York Attorney General Letitia James has sued the New York Police Department over its allegedly long-standing pattern of abuse deployed against protesters, focusing on the response to last year’s George Floyd demonstrations. Read F...

The Utah activist who captured the fatal shooting of a woman by Capitol Police during the unrest on video, and told CNN and ABC about it, also instigated the destruction inside, federal charges against him say. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Prosecutors have moved to alter bond conditions for Kyle Rittenhouse – the teen charged with killing two people at a protest in Wisconsin last year – saying he drank beer and cavorted with the right-wing Proud Boys group at a bar. R...

As details of Joe Biden’s Covid-19 relief proposal were leaked to mainstream media, Americans impacted by months of lockdowns griped about the amount of one-time relief that has become a partisan political football. Read Full Article ...

In his last days in office, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order whose impact might be felt through 2040 and beyond, directing agencies to work on new kinds of nuclear power for space exploration and military use. Read Fu...

Peter Meijer (R-Michigan) says he and other Republicans fear for their lives after voting in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump. Read Full Article at RT.com

Armie Hammer, who has called Trump a “racist” and bizarrely once referred to his rear end as cake, continues to face fallout from allegations of cannibal fantasies as an ex-girlfriend has come forward with a firsthand account. Read ...

The US has indicted 14 of the leaders of the MS-13 criminal gang on terrorism charges in the most comprehensive action yet against the organization, the US Department of Justice has announced. Read Full Article at RT.com

Secret Service personnel assigned to guard the president’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner were forbidden to use the pair’s 6.5 bathrooms, allegedly forcing them to rent an entire apartment at taxpayer expense. R...

Premier League legend Didier Drogba has reluctantly announced on social media that his marriage is over, ending his relationship of more than 20 years after a mysterious video of him in bed with another woman surfaced last year. Read Fu...

Liberal critics are blasting Politico for daring to give “prime real estate” to conservative Ben Shapiro, who argued Republicans voting against Trump’s impeachment are pushing back against cancel culture. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Max Holloway is all set for the main event spotlight at the UFC's first show of 2021, but it's the main headlining next weekend at UFC 257 that he'd love to be facing in the future. Read Full Article at RT.com